Brooder



April 7, 1931. R. T. WILLIAMS BRO ODER Filed May 2'7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l ATTORNE April 7, 1931. R, T w 5 1,800,038

BROODER Filed May 27, 1927 2 Sheefs-Sheet 2 Hill $ ATTORN y.

" the channel bar support near the upper end Patented Apr. 7, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROBERT T. WILLIAMS, QUINCY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB T0 H. M. SHEER COMPANY, OF

QUINCY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS BROODER Application filed May 27,

This invention relates to an improvement in brooders.

The object of the invention is to provide for supporting a canopy for brooders in such a manner as to permit of its being raised or lowered and adjusted to its proper positions relative to the heater which is placed beneath or within the canopy. The heater is preferably a coal burning stove, or of some similar form for burning solid fuel. It is also a feature of this invention that the canopy is supported upon a base entirely independent of the heater, and this permits of its being adjusted to various positions relative to the heater. The heater itself may in fact he supportedupon the same base which car ries the canopy, thereby rigidly anchoring the canopy.

Another object of the invention is to allow the canopy to be turned upon its support so as to gain access, through an opening or door in the canopy, to any of the parts of the heater or stove, as the grate, dampers, thermostatic controls, etc., for adjusting and regulating the same. i

Still another object of the invention is the provision of an opening in the top of the canopy for allowing a circulation of air from beneath the canopy and around the heater or stove. This carries off the foul air and gases which normally accumulate in the top of the canopy, and also provides for heating the brooder house by circulating the heated air around through the same while not detracting from the heat within the canopy. The thermostatic control normally employed for these brooder heaters is located under the canopy where also the chickens congregate, and consequently will maintain the proper heat at that point.

The heateriis seated upon a base from which the channel bar support extends upwardly and is connected therewith, and a bearing-ring is adjustably supported upon of the stove, and receives a bearing support carrying a canopy, and which permits of the canopy being turned about on the bearing-ring so as to position the door Wl11Cl1 is formedin the canopyin proper relation to 1927. Serial No. 194,788.

the parts of the stove as to gain easy access thereto for regulating the dampers and feeding fuel into the stove. The door in the canopy also permits of removin the canopy entirely from the bearing-ring by merely opening the door andlifting the canopy oif, the opening in the side of the canopy permitting the lifting of the canopy off around the pipe. In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation partly in section of the complete invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the base, healring ring and channel bearing support; an

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the brooder, parts of the canopy being broken away.

The numeral 1 represents the base having supporting lugs 2 extending upwardly therefrom fODIGCQlVlIlg and supporting the base of the stove or other form of heater 3. The

base 1 may be movable over the floor of the brooder house, or otherwise, but the phrase movable relative to the enclosure for the brooder occurring in the claims, refers merely to the movable character of the base and brooder as distinguished from a support for the canopy fixed to the ground or to a fixed floor of the brooder house. The form of stove as here illustrated is of the coal-burning type, but it may be of any preferred construction for burning solid or other fuel. The stove 3 is provided with a feed door lin the top thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, of a diameter substantially coextensive with the diameter of the top of the stove, thus allowing a large area for the reception of a coal-scuttle used in placing fuel in the stove. The stove-pipe 5 also extends upwardly from the top of the stove 3.

A bracket 6 is formed at the back of the base 1, and a channel bar support 7 extends over this bracket and is secured thereto by suitable bolts 8. i

The channel bar support 7 extends up wardly behind the stove 3, and is provided with a plurality of small holes 9 thereinnear its upper end and intermediate portions for receiving a pin 10 formed. on a bearing-ring 11. when the ring is slipped over the channel bar support. Guide-lugs 12 are also formed does not extend entirely about said ring,

being open on one side as shown in Fig. 3.

This bearing support 18 is provided witlr downturned flange 14 to which a canopy 15 is secured by hymn-able fastening means, as for instance bolts 16; Adoor 1 is hinged to the-canopy 15 by the'hin ges 18, and the opposite side or the door ma be connected with the correspbndi'n-g' edge of the canopyby'any suitable latch construction. Since thebearii'ig support 13 extends only part way about the bearing-ring 11, and the remainder is closediby the deer 17, which is not only closed; but" upon therelease of thelatch it may be opened to allow the removal of the canopy from the stove and its support, the @penin 'betw'ea the ends 'of the bearing support passing about the stove-pipe 5. The deer-'17 ma also" be opened to gain access to the feed-door 4: for supplying fuel to the stove or for gaining access to any other part of the stove,- as; for instance; the regulating oi the areas, eta; merely upon the turning er; the canopy about its bearing-ring. Any of the terms bearing support, or bearing ring or hearing means which may appear the ela-ims are intended to mean a jams-a1 ter't'hecanopy about an approximately vertical axis and about the upwardly extending may of the stoveor heater, as distinguished from pivotal support for the canopy about a horizontal axis, as shown for instance in the U. S.- patent to Clem'mensen'; No. 1,637 ,036,

JdlEy 26,1927; i

hehearihg' support-13 which is connected withthe canopy 15 is seated upon the bearing ring'll, which forms a support for the canopy independently of the stove, and the entirestructure is supported upon the base 1 fo'riiiinfg a secure-support therefor being anchored by the stove resting thereon. The canopy may thus be adjusted up and down along the channel-bar support 'I merely by removing the canopy from the bearing-ring 1-1 and adjusting this ring by turning the front side thereof upward which moves the pin 10 out of its receptivehole 9 and allows the to" slide at and dQfwn along the channel-bar sL-Epp-ort' 7 until the proper hole is reached, this movement being regulatedbj the guide lugs 12 which keep the ring in proper relation to the support, and the pin 10 entering the proper hole 9 will thus adwatery tapped the canopy in it's reparebase and the burner which is also carried thereby, and in this way the support for the canopy is entirely free from, and independent of,-the' burner or stove. This also allows the stove to be used other than with the canopy and as separate unit, the canopy structure and support being a unit in itself. The relation of the canopy and stove allows the canopy to be raised as the chickens grow to accommodate chickens of different sizes while maintaining the pro-per relationship between the canopy and chickens which maintains better heating conditions. The raising of he canopy also; provides a greater space between the stove and canopy for the circula tion 01": air from around the stove andv from within the brooding chamber under the canopy to heat the bro' o'der hou'se arid maintain better air conditions under the canopy.

I claim: l 1.111 afbrooder, the combination with a heater, of a canopy associated with the heater, bearing support c'onhieet'ed with the canopy, abearing-ringupon which said hearing sup port is inovably mounted, a channel-bar sirpport' c'onnected with'the bear'ii-rg ring" and having a plurality of holes formed therein,- a pin, formed on the bearing ring in position to errte'r the holes in the channel ba-r support for adjusting the ring thereon; gui c'le lugs formed oh the hearing-ring and eiitendi i'ig' over the cli-aiii'iel-bar suppers and base for supporting the heater and connected with the channel her support independently thereof. i e r In a brooder the combination with a heater, a supporting bar eirtending' upwardly adjacent said heater and supported independeiitly thereof; a bearing ring adj u'stably carried by said bar, a canopy mounted on the bearing ring" and having opening" therein. 1 p

3. In a brooder, the coinb'inatioh with a heater, supporting extending upwardly beside said heater,- a bearing ring adjustably' carried by said bar, and a canopy emanated on the bear-inmat and havin opening therein. 1

\ 4. In a brooder," the combination of a heater for" burning solid feel,- a canopy hav-' ing an approximately centralopening in the to thereof Iarg'er'i'n area than the u per portion of the heater and withinwhich is a ranged the upper portion of the heater in spaced apart relation, providing a circulation of air through the top of the canopy from Within the brooder chamber in any position in which the canopy maybe adjusted, and an upright support for supporting the canopy in any adjusted position.

5. In a brooder, the combination of a heater, a base movable relative to the enclosure for the brooder, and on which the heater rests, a supporting device carried by the base and extending upwardly beside the heater, a canopy carried by the supporting device and having an opening in the upper portion thereof permitting a circulation of air from around the heater in approximately any adjusted position of the canopy, and means connecting the canopy with the supporting device and permitting vertical adjustment and turning movement of the canopy relative to the heater.

6. A brooder comprising a heater, a base, a support carried by the base and extending upwardly beside the heater, and a canopy carried by said support and adjustable along the same, said canopy having an opening in the top substantially larger than the upper portion of the heater to permit adjustment to a position a substantial distance below the top of the heater, and permittin circulation through the top of the canopy from around the heater.

7. A brooder comprising a heater, a base, a support carried by the base and extending upwardly beside the heater, and a canopy carried by said support and adjustable along the same, said canopy having an opening in the top substantially larger than the upper portion of the heater to permit adjustment to a position a substantial distance below the top of the heater, and permittin circulation through the top of the canopy from around the heater, said canopy having reinforcing means about said top opening, and having an opening in a side thereof, and a journal for receiving said reinforcing means to support the canopy during turning thereof.

8. In a brooder, the combination of a heater, a supporting bar having a plurality of holes formed therein, a bearing ring having a pin carried thereby in position to enter the holes for adjustably supporting the ring on the bar, guide lugs embracing the edges of the bar for limiting the relative positions of the bearing ring and bar, a bearing support movably mounted on the bearing ring, and a canopycarried by said bearing suport. p In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

ROBERT T. WILLIAMS. 

